Out of Hours Emergency Telephony Service

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Aberdeenshire Council has a statutory requirement to deliver an out of hours emergency telephony service for Adult & Children’s Service Provision, Homelessness, Housing Repairs, as well as for the reporting of dangerous buildings. Currently these services are delivered in a variety of ways, both internal and external. It is felt that the Council could provide a consistent, value for money option through the award of an external contract to deliver these services. Lot 1: Social Care / Social Work and Homelessness Telephony Service Aberdeenshire Council has a statutory requirement to deliver an out of hours emergency telephony service for Adult & Children’s Service Provision, Homelessness, Housing Repairs, as well as for the reporting of dangerous buildings. Aberdeenshire citizens requiring access to emergency Social Care/Social Work or Homelessness services, must be able to request this by calling the Aberdeenshire Council Social Care line on 03456 08 12 06. This will be diverted to the supplier’s contact centre out of office hours. Lot 2: Housing Repairs and Dangerous Buildings Telephony Service Aberdeenshire Council has a statutory requirement to deliver an out of hours emergency telephony service for Adult & Children’s Service Provision, Homelessness, Housing Repairs, as well as for the reporting of dangerous buildings. Aberdeenshire Citizens requiring access to emergency Housing Repairs services, or the ability to report dangerous buildings, must be able to request this by calling the Aberdeenshire Council Housing line on 03456 08 12 03. This number will be diverted to the supplier’s contact centre out of office hours.